Best Science Needed for Wisconsin Wolf Plan

posted Feb 8, 2017, 2:10 PM by chloe owens

1/18/17 by Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Best science
needed for Wisconsin wolf plan

…the charismatic and controversial species is at the
center of action generated outside state borders…This time the wolf is the
subject of proposed legislation in the nation’s capital to override the judge’s
ruling. Over the last week, companion bills were introduced in the House of
Representatives and Senate to return wolf management to state control in
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Wyoming…The active plan was established in
199 and updated in 2007. It set a statewide wolf population target of 350
wolves…the 350 was never meant to be a cap…Among survey respondents in wolf
range, 53% wanted wolf numbers maintained at current levels or increased in
their county of residence, while 18% wanted wolves decreased and 15% wanted
them eliminated